Li Tianyang unintentionally eliminated a naval battle between two Western countries without knowing it, and at this time he was thinking about where to plant the seeds of this rubber tree!

The Portuguese don't know where Li Tianyang learned about this rubber tree, and they don't know what Li Tianyang used to take this rubber tree that seems to be of little use, but since Li Tianyang is interested in this rubber tree, and he happens to know this thing, the Portuguese are not good at giving gifts, so they can give one or two seeds when they give gifts!

In any case, the rubber tree seeds were of little use in the hands of the natives of the Americas, and apart from the fact that the sap from the felling of the tree was a little peculiar, the Portuguese really did not think of anything special about it.

Therefore, the Portuguese asked the Spanish merchant to exchange a sack of rubber tree seeds from the Native Americans at a small price, which was conservatively estimated to be tens of thousands.

Along with the rubber tree seeds, Li Tianyang was given to Li Tianyang, and naturally the Portuguese felt that there was something peculiar to the sap solidity on the rubber tree, that is, the beige soft sphere that Li Tianyang had played with in his hand, a total of four large boxes packed together, together with this sack of rubber tree seeds, it seemed that the Portuguese gave this gift very thickly, but in fact it cost the Portuguese how much money, only they knew in their hearts.

However, some things are cheap on the surface, but if they fall into the hands of people who need them urgently, they are also treasures that they will not hesitate to spare, just like the rubber tree seeds that are worthless in the eyes of the Portuguese, in Li Tianyang's heart, I am afraid that the value is no less than the casting method of the Western artillery given to him by the Portuguese.

Bengang has no chance to plant large rubber trees, because it is surrounded by the Bengang Alliance, and if you want to expand further, it can only be an enclave, which is not conducive to the management of Bengang.

Moreover, at this time, the Hongmen team had just decided to develop Da'an Port, and the recruited personnel were all in place one after another, and Li Tianyang and they did not have more energy to devote themselves to the development of a new site again.

Naturally, Da'an Port has recruited so many people to go over, coupled with the pastures established along its own coast, so that Da'an Port is moving towards a base that attaches equal importance to animal husbandry and agriculture, and can just share a batch of grain to feed cattle, horses and livestock at the same time as the grain supply team and speed up their growth.

As for Chicken Coop Harbor, it goes without saying that behind Chicken Coop Town, there are towering snow-capped mountain ranges, and even the summer heat cannot melt the snow on the highest peaks of the mountain range, so you can imagine how difficult it is to develop this mountain range.

Of course, Li Tianyang didn't know that the mountain area could also be planted and reclaimed, but there were so many plains on Dayuan Island that Li didn't go to reclaim, how could Hongmen go to the thankless time and early use of the terraced technology area to open up the mountain area west of the barren Bengang, it was really time-consuming and laborious!

Only a part of the plains and hilly areas that can be used have long been reclaimed by the industrious villagers of Jilong Harbor and have become one of the food sources of Jilong Town, and it is still a little difficult to maintain the daily needs of the increasingly large residents of Jilong Town, let alone use the little remaining land to grow rubber trees.

Daxing Port on the east coast of Dayuan Island is a good choice, it has just experienced an alliance sweep, which makes the place very safe now, and there will never be strange natives in a radius of dozens of miles to dare to set foot in it, if you go to cut down trees to plant rubber, there should not be too much danger.

The only thing that has some doubts is that Da'an Port was a temporary foothold opened up by the Dutch, and later fell into the hands of Hongmen after peace talks with Hongmen, and Li Tianyang did not spend much effort to take care of it, that is, he sent a team of Hongmen soldiers to be stationed there to maintain order in the castle there.

Therefore, the Dutch did not develop much land earlier, and now I am afraid that most of it is deserted, and the land has also been restored to the original shrubs and wild grasses.

In the end, Li Tianyang turned his gaze to Jingpu Port further south, where Yan Siqi and Zheng Zhilong and others lived, with a population of tens of thousands of people, they were still able to become stronger and stronger under the situation of being hit by the Hongmen and drinking restrictions.

As Yan Zheng and the others went south, this Jingpu Port fell into the hands of Li Tianyang, but Jingpu Port had a shortcoming in Li Tianyang's hands, that is, it was too far away from the two most important bases in Hongmen.

Whether it is from Bengang to Jingpu Port, or from Jilong Town to Jingpu, from the sea distance, it is not closer than the distance between Bengang and Jilong Town, and because Yan Zheng left to carry most of the population south, it can almost be said that Jingpu Port, which fell into the hands of Li Tianyang, is an airport, and Li Tianyang needs to recruit people to continue to cultivate the developed land.

Chicken ribs, this Jingpu Port is a chicken rib in the hands of Litu, until now Jingpu Port has fallen into the hands of Li Tianyang and them for more than a year, and Li Tianyang has only moved more than 1,000 people to take care of the land that could have supported tens of thousands of people.

According to Li Tianyang's latest understanding of Jingpu Port, most of the land in Jingpu is barely kept from being abandoned, and the remaining half is really planted by more than 1,000 laborers from the Hongmen faction and hundreds of old and weak people who were originally abandoned by Yan Zheng.

Since there is not enough labor to take care of so much land, Li Tianyang and they can't invest too much people in the past for a while, when the seeds of this rubber tree are sent, Li Tianyang thought in his heart, this Jingpu is really a good place to grow rubber.

Moreover, when Yan Zheng and them were developing in Jingpu, after suffering from the harassment of the local natives in the early stage, after the Flying Dragon Gang became stronger, they also cleared the indigenous tribes around Jingpu, and the previous alliance ended in the vicinity of Jingpu, which also made Li Tianyang not worry about the safety around Jingpu for a short time.

The most important point is that Jingpu Port is closer to the Tropic of Cancer, which is almost a sub-hot zone, and according to Li Tianyang's vague memories of rubber trees in later generations, it seems that these trees prefer a hot climate.

Li Tianyang thought about it in his mind, and finally decided to use this Jingpu Port as an experiment to see if it was suitable for planting rubber trees.

After all, if this rubber tree wants to grow up and finally be used by Hongmen, I am afraid it will take at least three or five years, even if it is seven or eight years, Li Tianyang has only found the seeds of this rubber tree now, it is already a little late, and I don't know when it will really be used.

(End of chapter)